Burholme community group sponsors children’s contest

The Burholme Com­munity Town Watch and Civic As­so­ci­ation is spon­sor­ing a writ­ing and draw­ing con­test for chil­dren in kinder­garten through eighth grades.

Chil­dren are in­vited to con­vey what they like about Burholme. Pos­sible angles in­clude play areas, school, din­ing and sports.

A para­graph and pic­ture should be in­cluded on an 8½-by-11-inch piece of pa­per. Entrants can use cray­ons, paints, mark­ers, pens, pen­cils and cut pa­per.

The dead­line to enter is April 30. Stu­dents at Kennedy Crossan, Im­manuel Luther­an and Present­a­tion BVM must sub­mit their entries to their prin­cip­al.

Stu­dents from oth­er schools can send entries to Burholme Town Watch and Civic As­so­ci­ation, ℅ United Meth­od­ist Church of the Re­deem­er, 1128 Cottman Ave., Phil­adelphia, PA 19111. Entries can also be dropped in­to the church mail­box on Lawndale Av­en­ue.

Win­ners will be honored at the June 12 civic meet­ing

At the group’s March 13 meet­ing, law­yers Ken­neth Cooper and Daniel Cooper spoke about their free ser­vices in the area of spe­cial edu­ca­tion. They in­vite calls to 610-608-6185.

Oth­er guest speak­ers fo­cused on en­ergy is­sues. To learn more about the PGW En­ergy­Sense Home Re­bates Pro­gram, call toll-free 1-855-PGW-SOLVES or vis­it www.pg­whomere­bates.com

The Mark Group provides home en­ergy as­sess­ments and audits. Call toll-free 877-788-MARK or go to mark­group.com

The Burholme Com­munity Town Watch and Civic As­so­ci­ation will meet on Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at United Meth­od­ist Church of the Re­deem­er, at Cottman and Lawndale av­en­ues.

The guest speak­er will be John Kirincich, of Burholme Golf & Fam­ily En­ter­tain­ment. ••